(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
an abstract part of something | a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |
an independent variable in statistics | |
anything that contributes causally to a result | |
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | |
one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | |
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | |